Role of social workers in rural development in india
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social workers had a great role in rural development such ways
they fight for the rights of rural people
they told rural people about their rights
they teach them importance of education
they fight for the rights of rural people
they told rural people about their rights
they teach them importance of education
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DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WORK
Defining social work entails describing the roles and functions of social workers. Although many attempts have been made to define social work, there have been some disagreements in trying to come up with a universal definition of social work. Thus, without a general agreement on what constitutes social work, it is difficult to definitively delineate what the roles and functions of social work are or should be. The apparent failure to reach an agreement on what social work is partly accounts for the gap between what social workers say they want to achieve and what they are practically able to achieve According to Cree (2003:3), “it is almost impossible to find a simple definition of social work with which everyone is likely to agree
social work tends to fall under three major methodological categories.
2 SOCIAL CASEWORK
Traditionally, this approach has focused on those individuals who could not achieve a fairly normal adjustment to life and needed outside attention. It is concerned with people who are in particular situations of need. Casework is done on a person-by-person basis, in situations where privacy is necessary in attending to individual problems, for example, in a hospice, a women’s shelter, or a drug rehabilitation centre.
The idea of a social worker acting as a caseworker or a counselor is a recurrent and powerful notion in social work throughout.
3 SOCIAL GROUP WORK
Group work aims at the improved functioning of group members through greater ability for a mature relationship, self-awareness and a greater sense of belonging. Supportive treatments, such as clarification, suggestion, development of alternative solutions, and reflection, are used by social workers through group processes and interpersonal relationships.
4 COMMUNITY WELFARE ORGANISATION
This method does not focus so much on the individual and his or her personal needs or the group and its viability as on the overall and general welfare needs of the community as a whole. Also known as community development, it is carried out by groups of people who agree to undertake projects and programmes, largely voluntarily, for the benefit of their communities. The basic aim is to enhance the self-reliance of the community and its ability to maintain its growth. By its nature, community organization creates changes in large groups and organizational units, mostly in situations or in environments which in turn affect personal well-being (DuBois and Miley, 2005)
Community organizing helps develop people’s skills, their sense of efficacy and competence, and their sense of worth; it also creates capacity for democracy and for sustained social change (Rubin and Rubin, 1992:3). Furthermore, as Farley et al (2006) point out, community organization is the inter-group approach geared toward tackling social pathologies and increasing understanding of community needs and helping to address them.
Apart from the above three principal methods, social work includes the ancillary, supportive or enabling processes of social administration and social work research.
5 SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
As modern social work becomes increasingly institutionalized, there is a need to know about the organization of the relevant institutions, such as schools, hospitals and the criminal justice system. Administrative skills and the ability to design administrative structures are highly desirable. Social administration is the area of social work concerned with the practicalities of service organization and delivery.
6NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Both in theory and in practice, development is as inconsistent as it is complex. Because of the conceptual and process–related inconsistency and complexity associated with development, this author will limit the use of the term to its contemporary sense as defined by scholars engaged in revamping the concept to meet the needs of the people in the developing world.
According to Walter Rodney (1972), at the level of the individual, development has the implications of increased skill and capacity, freedom, creativity, self-discipline, responsibility and material well-being. At the level of society, he goes on, the concept connotes increasing capacity to regulate internal as well as external relations.
As for Todaro and smith (2003), the term development may mean different things for different people and may be defined from different perspectives. From the economic perspective, development means the capacity of a national economy, whose initial economic status has been more or less static for a long time, to generate and sustain an annual increase in its gross national product (GNP) at the rates of perhaps 5% to 7% or more. Todaro continues to indicate that development has also been economically defined using rates of growth of income per capita or per capita GNP taking into account the ability of a nation to expand its output at the rate faster than its population.
Defining social work entails describing the roles and functions of social workers. Although many attempts have been made to define social work, there have been some disagreements in trying to come up with a universal definition of social work. Thus, without a general agreement on what constitutes social work, it is difficult to definitively delineate what the roles and functions of social work are or should be. The apparent failure to reach an agreement on what social work is partly accounts for the gap between what social workers say they want to achieve and what they are practically able to achieve According to Cree (2003:3), “it is almost impossible to find a simple definition of social work with which everyone is likely to agree
social work tends to fall under three major methodological categories.
2 SOCIAL CASEWORK
Traditionally, this approach has focused on those individuals who could not achieve a fairly normal adjustment to life and needed outside attention. It is concerned with people who are in particular situations of need. Casework is done on a person-by-person basis, in situations where privacy is necessary in attending to individual problems, for example, in a hospice, a women’s shelter, or a drug rehabilitation centre.
The idea of a social worker acting as a caseworker or a counselor is a recurrent and powerful notion in social work throughout.
3 SOCIAL GROUP WORK
Group work aims at the improved functioning of group members through greater ability for a mature relationship, self-awareness and a greater sense of belonging. Supportive treatments, such as clarification, suggestion, development of alternative solutions, and reflection, are used by social workers through group processes and interpersonal relationships.
4 COMMUNITY WELFARE ORGANISATION
This method does not focus so much on the individual and his or her personal needs or the group and its viability as on the overall and general welfare needs of the community as a whole. Also known as community development, it is carried out by groups of people who agree to undertake projects and programmes, largely voluntarily, for the benefit of their communities. The basic aim is to enhance the self-reliance of the community and its ability to maintain its growth. By its nature, community organization creates changes in large groups and organizational units, mostly in situations or in environments which in turn affect personal well-being (DuBois and Miley, 2005)
Community organizing helps develop people’s skills, their sense of efficacy and competence, and their sense of worth; it also creates capacity for democracy and for sustained social change (Rubin and Rubin, 1992:3). Furthermore, as Farley et al (2006) point out, community organization is the inter-group approach geared toward tackling social pathologies and increasing understanding of community needs and helping to address them.
Apart from the above three principal methods, social work includes the ancillary, supportive or enabling processes of social administration and social work research.
5 SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
As modern social work becomes increasingly institutionalized, there is a need to know about the organization of the relevant institutions, such as schools, hospitals and the criminal justice system. Administrative skills and the ability to design administrative structures are highly desirable. Social administration is the area of social work concerned with the practicalities of service organization and delivery.
6NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Both in theory and in practice, development is as inconsistent as it is complex. Because of the conceptual and process–related inconsistency and complexity associated with development, this author will limit the use of the term to its contemporary sense as defined by scholars engaged in revamping the concept to meet the needs of the people in the developing world.
According to Walter Rodney (1972), at the level of the individual, development has the implications of increased skill and capacity, freedom, creativity, self-discipline, responsibility and material well-being. At the level of society, he goes on, the concept connotes increasing capacity to regulate internal as well as external relations.
As for Todaro and smith (2003), the term development may mean different things for different people and may be defined from different perspectives. From the economic perspective, development means the capacity of a national economy, whose initial economic status has been more or less static for a long time, to generate and sustain an annual increase in its gross national product (GNP) at the rates of perhaps 5% to 7% or more. Todaro continues to indicate that development has also been economically defined using rates of growth of income per capita or per capita GNP taking into account the ability of a nation to expand its output at the rate faster than its population.
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